5 Facts , You Didn't Know About Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus was a famed sailor from the 1400s. He is best known for discovering the "New World" in 1492, which subsequently led to its ...

While this iconoclasm may seem to be a late 20th-century development (one that culminated in the 21st century with the destruction of multiple statues of the Genoese mariner during the George Floyd ...

The historic vessel sank due to a "system malfunction" on Friday, Oct. 10 The Marigalante ship sank off the Mexican coast on Friday, Oct. 10, due to a system failure The historic vessel, built in 1987 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's Columbus Day, a federal holiday. Chicago Public Schools recognizes it as Indigenous Peoples' Day. Schools, government offices, libraries and the postal service are closed Monday.

Environmental activists from the group Futuro Vegetal threw red “biodegradable paint” on an 1892 painting of Christopher Columbus at Madrid’s Naval Museum. The group said the act symbolized opposition ...

The second Monday in October is a federal holiday known as Columbus Day, but some now observe it as Indigenous Peoples Day instead. Christopher Columbus is a controversial figure, criticized for ...

Five years after statues of storied Italian explorer Christopher Columbus were toppled, beheaded and otherwise vandalized across America in the name of "social justice," the issue has once again been ...

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We applaud the Trump White House for its resounding proclamation on the occasion of Columbus Day, a full-throated endorsement of the holiday and a “pledge to reclaim [Columbus's] extraordinary legacy ...

Christopher Columbus sailed westward in 1492, hoping to find a new route to China and South Asia, but he hit a major roadblock — the Americas — and landed in the Caribbean. So, how would history have ...

Columbus Day is Monday. Though it's a federal holiday, observation practices vary widely across the country. The traditional Columbus Day holiday has been celebrated since 1892 — four centuries after ...

NEW HAVEN – Monday is the first Columbus Day the controversial Christopher Columbus statue will spend in its new home at the Lost in New Haven Museum. The old statue was moved in 2020 from its place ...